Garessta

"Now, go forth, my mortal champion! Conquer this world—or else!"

I lived a painfully average life and died by a stupid, stupid accident, but a goddess interfered, giving me a second chance in another world.

There, I became royalty—the lazy kind with almost no obligations, free to live in peace and luxury for the rest of my days.

Sounds like a dream, right?

In reality, it was anything but—because I became *BEE* royalty. A Drone Bee, doomed to die of old age in 2 months! (A humanoid bee, thankfully, but still a bee in all the ways that matter.)

The only way to increase my lifespan is to develop and grow my bee colony—a deadly task in a vicious world like this one.
There are murderous insect monsters, colossal beasts trampling the earth, other civilizations, natural disasters, and the bitchy patron goddess who absolutely hates me.

But as long as I have my brains, my bees, and the powerful genes my system gives me, my Bee Empire will be unstoppable!

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For those who want to know more:
This is a wholesome comedic story, but it has some dark moments.
The focus is on kingdom building, survival as an empire, and interacting with MC’s beautiful bee wife and adorable bee daughters. 
The bees are all humanoid (see pictures) and human-sized. However, they are still bees in their ways of life and mentality.
Although there’s a system, real growth comes from putting effort and time. Nothing happens in an instant in this story, unless it’s trouble.
MC acts like an idiot sometimes (oftentimes), but he’s not actually stupid-stupid. When it comes to strategic decisions, he uses logic and reason. Even if you might disagree with it.

Also, there will be no smut (ecchi is a fair game), incest, NTR, harem or BL.

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Discord is up! Find it at -> https://linktr.ee/Garessta
Updates: 2 chapters/day, right after the reset (with a 5% chance of running late).
Reply to author's pinned review if you have questions.

Also, although I realize the futility of this aim (at least right now), if this novel reaches top 15 golden ticket ranking (and stays there for a few days, obv), I will mass release 10 extra chapters! (within 30 calendar days)

Reincarnated To Evolve My Bee Empire

Link is at the end of the novel's description.

Discord is up!

I glanced at the battle against hornets—close to finishing, still nothing to worry about—then back at the dragon and bit my lip.

With a corner of my eye, I saw Hammerwork land on a branch near me. Like me, she was intently watching the dragon. I let her—her desire to see the plan work out was as palpable as mine.

The dragon glanced left and right, made a few jumpy (and surprisingly light for its size) steps toward the bait, stretched out its neck to look at it closer, tilted its head left and right.

A few seconds later, it hopped into the air, flapping its wings several times and raising small clouds of dust and leaves in the air. Then it landed near the bait, close enough to reach for it.

I leaned forward so far that I almost fell off my porch.

This was the closest a dragon ever got to me! Usually, the distance between us was much safer, and much less exciting.

A sacrifice to the beast